COAST GUARD RESPONDS TO JAMES RIVER OIL SPILL NORFOLK, Va. – Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads is responding to a report of a diesel fuel spill from the tank barge VB 53 on the upper James River below Richmond. The spill was reported to the Coast Guard National Response Center at 11:41 a.m. […]
SAILBOAT CAPTAIN DIES WHILE TRYING TO SAVE CREW PORTSMOUTH, Va.- Survivors of the sailing vessel Almeisan distress have provided additional details concerning the loss of the vessel’s captain, Thomas Tighe. After experiencing extreme weather and pounding surf, Tighe activated an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon and began preparing a life raft to evacuate his crew. […]
MISSING SAILORS FOUND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – One sailor was rescued and one was recovered deceased from the sailing vessel Almeisan early today 400 miles off the Virginia coast. Thomas Tighe, 65, from Patterson, N.Y., was discovered at 5:45 a.m. today deceased. His body was recovered by the motor vessel Sakura Express, a Panamanian-flagged tanker ship […]
COAST GUARD ASSISTS DISABLED SAILBOAT PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is assisting in the rescue of four people from a demasted sailboat 240 miles south east of Cape Hatteras. Norm Pilkey, 60, owner of the double-masted sailboat Eskasoni, initially contacted the Coast Guard Wednesday evening to report trouble with his masts. He indicated that […]
SAILORS ABANDON SHIP 400 MILES OFF VIRGINIA COAST PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A local Coast Guard command center is coordinating the rescue efforts today of two men in a life raft approximately 400 miles east of Virginia Beach, Va. Thomas Tighe, from Patterson, N.Y., and Lochlin Reidy, from Woodbridge, Conn., abandoned their 45-foot sailing vessel, Almeisan, […]
TWO SAILORS PLUCKED FROM ROUGH SEAS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter pulled two men from the water this morning 55 nautical miles east of Cape Lookout, N.C., after encountering rough weather and taking on water. Robert Cummings, 40, the vessel owner from Newport News, Va., and Jerry McCarthy, 35, from Charleston, S.C., left […]
NOAA Hosts Chesapeake Bay Integrated Research Symposium On April 27-28, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) hosted the 7th annual Chesapeake Bay Integrated Research Symposium in Laurel, MD. Topics included: Status of Bay stocks and fisheries, including oyster, striped bass and softshell clam Monitoring and modeling of multiple species in the Bay Research studies on […]
Results of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Tagging Study Published A team of researchers led by Dr. Barbara Block has reported on the results of extensive electronic tagging studies of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The exciting findings were published in last week’s issue of Nature; NOAA has provided funding to support the research of Dr. Block and colleagues […]
NOAA TRANSFERS MAPPING SHIP TO MEXICAN NAVY May 3, 2005  NOAA <http://www.noaa.gov> transferred ownership of Whiting, a decommissioned hydrographic survey ship, to the Mexican Navy upon authority of Congress and by order of the Secretary of Commerce. The transfer took place during a special ceremony at Town Point Park, Otter Berth, in Norfolk, […]
CAPE MAY CUTTER RESCUES 132 MIGRANTS FROM 50-FOOT BOAT ATLANTIC CITY – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dependable repatriated 132 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince this morning at 10:00. The migrants were rescued from their dangerously overloaded 50-foot sail freighter after five days at sea 10 miles south of West Caicos Island in the […]
